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Queimada dos Britos, located in the center of Lençóis Maranhenses, is an Oasis, one of the last refuges of the Cerrado that still resist the process of natural desertification.
Seu Manuel Brito discovered the place through the sand dunes until he got there and realized that he had discovered a true paradise hidden among the dunes, since then the Brito family lives there for many generations, they are called sand people.
The establishment of the National Park in 1981 did not disproportionate these families that became essential to tourists visiting the site, it is a base that provides lodging, water and food for walkers.
To get there you need to walk six to eight hours on the sand, no motor vehicle allowed.
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Here's your soundtrack. Okay, maybe they're not exactly brazillian but their music is awesome and their live shows legendary.Now, Brazil covers almost half of South America and its Amazon rainforest is the world's largest jungle... which is rapidly getting cut down. The country is basically one giant botanical garden with some bangin' cities on its edges.Brazil was colonized in 1808 by the royal court of Portugal, which was fleeing Napolean's troops. They didn't stay long, and Brazil won its independence in 1822.Its biggest city, Sao Paulo, is the financial hub of South America. Brazil is the "b" in BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China. These four were labeled the world's fastest developing large economies in the year 2001.Brazil is known for three things: amazingly beautiful women, carnival, and Pele -- King of Football, Athlete of the Century, football ambassador of the world and a declared national treasure.Brazillians can tell foreigners a mile away, by the way their hips move. Samba is built into the soul of brazil and carnival is when it bursts out into twenty-four hour undying explosions of sound on every street.This picture of mask diving at the Taipus reefs makes me shed hot and salty tears all over my calendar, which is set on "January" right now.Text by Steve Smith.
